I'm looking for a cheap sampler to complement my setup (MC-303 not on the picture, DR-202, MC-09, TR-8, MX-1) and I've seen an SP-505 at a good price (100€ with a 128 memory card). I used to own an SP-202 10 years ago but I sold it because of the cheap sound and now I regret.

I do live techno and I'd like to know if it's possible to play samples (sequenced sounds and loops) and record at the same time with the SP-505. I don't want to stop and start all the time, otherwise it's not live anymore, or it makes things more complicated for MIDI sync.

Am I in the right direction or should I move along, and what sampler would you recommend then?

I haven't gotten around to make the setup that you have, but I think you're trying to include samples into your beats/loops/melodies. So yeah, experiment with including it into your setup. I love most of the 26 effects it has, and you will probably find some you'll wish to include. I happen to have a MC-09, but haven't been using it since I had to pawn it. (I plan to get it out soon)

If it's not going to work for you, maybe a different sampler will work.

Just copped the SP-505 (not there yet it is on its way) and in parallel I got the Boss JS-5 Jamstation for a mere 20€, which is less than the price of the included memory card alone!

After 3-4 hours, I am surprised by this little thing. It's supposed to be a backing station for singers and guitarists but actually you can MIDI program it and it has a line in, so you can record external audio (60 minutes on the memory card) and there are some (limited) looping features, so it's like a programmable sequencer with a decent bank of good sounding instruments (drums, guitars, synths, pianos...) and some (basic) sampler capabilities, so I can record my best TR-8 live sets and mix them with the JS-5 internal patterns with added overdrive and distortion (large effect bank in this little tool).

Already managed to do some decent techno (when it's supposed to du blues, latin, hard rock...) I like to push the machines in unchartered territories.

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